# Reasoning Text

> An animated status line that cycles through reasoning phrases (e.g. "Thinking…", "Reading the context…") with a shimmering text effect and a small ASCII loader, used to show an AI agent is working.

- Author: [Saurabh](https://21st.dev/@starc007)
- Library: Be UI
- License: MIT
- Tags: Shimmer, Status, AI, Loading, Reasoning
- npm dependencies: motion
- Live preview: https://21st.dev/@starc007/components/reasoning-text

## Install

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add "https://21st.dev/r/starc007/reasoning-text?api_key=$API_KEY_21ST"
```

Requires a 21st API key (generate one at https://21st.dev/mcp) passed as `API_KEY_21ST`. Free accounts get a limited number of installs per day; unlimited on a paid plan — see https://21st.dev/pricing.

Full component directory: https://21st.dev/llms.txt · More like this: https://21st.dev/community/components/s/shimmer.md